Bottle cover



Oct. 22, 1946. ZMMERN 2,409,820 I BOTTLE COVER Filed June 3, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR .BezznoZammern JK ME B. ZIMMERN Oct. 22, 1946.

BOTTLE COVER Filed June :5, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet- 2 lll II III/l INVENTOR lien Zz'mmem'v ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 22, 1946 znaszo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOTTLE COVER Benno Zimmern, New York, N. Y.

Application June 3, 1944, Serial No. 538,620

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to a bottle cover for use with an infants nursing bottle.

Among the objects of my invention are to provide a padded cover for a nursing bottle that will protect the bottle against breakage; that will insulate the heated contents; that has convenient gripping facilities for the small hand of an infant; that acts as a rest for the bottle during feeding; that may be opened to provide a head rest for the infant; that may be shaped into various ornamental forms attractive to children; that is reversible; that is made of coated washable fabric both sanitary and waterproof, and that may be used as an attractive toy for the infant.

I accomplish these and other objects and obtain my new results as will be apparent from the device described in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of my opened bottle cover.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the rear side.

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view of Fig. 1, through plane 3-3.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view assembled to a bottle.

Fig. 5 is a view illustrating its use as a pillow or cushion.

Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view of a two section cover.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, reference numeral l designates my novel cover, with a nursing bottle ll, inserted therein. The cover Ill comprises three sections l2, I3 and I4, representing the two sides and bottom respectively, and are longitudinally attached to each other by cloth hinges l and I6.

The surfaces of the cover are fashioned into some pictorial representation attractive to children. Thus surfaces ii and is, representing the outer portion are fashioned into a penguin, with external extending beak l9, and feet 20. The reverse sides 2| and 22 possess a different characterization, as indicated.

A tape 23 provided with a suitable securing means 24, is preferably attached as at 25 to the upper side edge of one of the sections to permit the two sections l2 and I3 to be secured together about the shoulder of the nursing bottle H, as shown in Fig. 4. The tape is thus in position to secure the cover to the bottle when the cover is reversed.

The sections are filled with cotton, batting, or other resilient material 26, to provide ample prortection as a cover, or pillow, as shown in Fig. 5.

The bottom section M has a length sufficient to hold the bottle in in upright position as indicated in Fig. 4. The edges of the section it has a length sufficient to hold the bottle I!) in upright position as indicated in Fig. 4. The edges of the section as indicated at 21 are purposely extended beyond the width'of the bottle and thinned out to permit them to be grasped by the small hand of the infant.

The bottle is raised by my cover to a position convenient forfeeding the infant.

The front and back covers may be joined together, omitting the bottom section as shown in Fig. 6. Here the front and back sections 28 and 29, have their padding 30 and SI respectively thinned out at their adjacent edges as at 32 and 33 and joined together to form the hinge 34 to enable them to be used as a bottom'section. Thus the thinned out sections can be folded to form a bottom section for supporting the bottle therein.

In the foregoing construction I have achieved the various objects of my invention. The cover combines a useful device with a diverting attraction for the infant. It assures comfort in feeding and protects the bottleoompletely against breakage and slipping. It serves as an ideal rest for feeding. It is soft, durable, and sanitary. With the bottle removed, it can serve as a toy, or as a head rest or pillow for the infant.

I have thus described my invention, but I desire it understood that it is not confined to the particular forms or uses shown and. described, the same being merely illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out in other ways and without departing from the spirit of my invention, and, therefore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which, objects of my invention are-attained and new results accomplished, as it is obvious that the particular embodiments herein shown and described are only some of the many that can be employed to attain these objects and accomplish these results.

I claim:

1. A nursing bottle holder comprising two padded sections, each having top, bottom and lateral edges constituting the periphery thereof, each of said sections having front and back portions joined together at said periphery; flexible hinge means joining said bottom edges of said two sections with the remainder of said edges free whereby one of said two sections may be rotated through an arc of approximately 360 about the flexible hinge means to expose either the front or back portions of the sections; secur- 'ing means comprising a tape attached only to a lateral edge of one of said sections adjacent to the top edge thereof, said tape having a length to encircle said sections with a nursing bottle positioned therebetween, and means detachably securing the ends of said tape together.

2. A nursing bottle holder comprising padded side sections and a padded bottomsection, each 10 of said padded side sections having top, bottom and lateral edges constituting the periphery thereof and front and back portions joined together at said periphery; flexible hinge meansjoining said bottom edges of said side sections with said bottom section, the remainder of the edges of said side sections being free whereby one of said side sections may be rotated through an arc of approximately 360 about said flexible hinge means to expose either the front or back portions of said side sections; securing means comprising a tape attached only to a lateral edge of one of said side sections adjacent to the top edge thereof, said tapehaving a length to encircle said sections with a, nursing bottle positioned therebetween, and means detachably securing the ends of said tape together.

BENNO ZIMMERN. 

